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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201312-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 16, 2013
     Bugs: #484582, #490434
       ID: 201312-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background
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Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/wireshark       < 1.10.3                  >= 1.10.3
                                                           *>= 1.8.11

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wireshark 1.10 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.3"

All Wireshark 1.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.8.11"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2013-5717
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5717
[  2 ] CVE-2013-5718
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5718
[  3 ] CVE-2013-5719
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5719
[  4 ] CVE-2013-5720
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5720
[  5 ] CVE-2013-5721
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5721
[  6 ] CVE-2013-5722
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5722
[  7 ] CVE-2013-6336
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6336
[  8 ] CVE-2013-6337
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6337
[  9 ] CVE-2013-6338
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6338
[ 10 ] CVE-2013-6339
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6339
[ 11 ] CVE-2013-6340
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6340

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-13.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5